Washing-machine



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J. 0. WILSON.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 24

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JOHN G. WILSON, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLYANlA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,819, datedNoveinber 24, 1896.

Application filed April 30, 1896. Serial No, 589,641. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. \VILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements invVashing-lllachines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which "form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to washing-machines where the clothes are held byan open-work cylinder rotated in the sudsbox, as shown in United StatesPatents Nos. 117 ,188 and 197,229. The special object of my invention Ibeen eliminated from the clothes and they are ready to be hung out todry or dried in is to improve these machines so that they may wash andrinse the clothes by successive operations without manipulating them orrcinow ing them from the machine until they are ready to be dried.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal section, and 2 a Verticalcross-section.

In the drawings, A represents the sudsbox, which is preferably made inthe form of a cyl' tinder with the hinged door 13, the latter beingcurved upward from the latch end, so to rise gradually up above thecircumference of the boiler to a maximum above the hinges. This troughis inclined toward one or both ends of the sudsbox, so as to dischargeon the outside thereof water which may be thrown into it by therevolutions of the c1othcs-cylinder G.

h is a trough formed by turning up in a curve one of the edges ofsheet-casing A, and h a detachable apron with the slots U, whichare-adapted to admit the studs b on the case. This enables the apron tobe quickly taken out or hung on the studs over the apron, so as to forma water-alnitnient.

The cylinder Ois in sections, each of which has a door which is closedas soon as the clothes have been put into it, the said cylinder beingmade of wire mesh or other openwork. The central shaft of theclothes-cylinder C rotates in bearings on the boiler-cylinder A, and maybe actuated by any suitable power. The clothes-cylinder is rotated so asto throw the water against the apron or abutment 1), from whence itfalls through the cylinder upon the clothes, which are so agitated withthe water as to cause it to receive and carry in solution the dirt andimpurities therefrom. Then the soiled water is run off and clear wateris poured into the boiler or sudsbox, with which the clothes are rinsedby rotating the cylinder 0. Finally, the clothes are agitated by therotation of the cylinder without any water until all surplus water hasanyother suitable way. Thus it will be seen that from the time that theclothes are put into the soapsuds they are not handled, pulled, rubbed,or otherwise injured.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettorsPatent, is

In washingnnachincs, the combination of the casing, perforated drummounted to revolve therein, an open-ended trough whose ends projectbeyond the ends of the drum, and a curved eccentric lid projectingbeyond said trough, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses 7JOHN 0. WILSON Witnesses:

SoLoN G. linnon, A. Rurrnnr.

